Hotel Salzburg Josef Brunauer

... they filmed The Sound of Music around this area, and let me tell you, they were not greenscreening anything, people. This place is gorgeous! I think it had even Bruges beat on being picturesque. Winding streets, blue skies, cute shops, and the Alps. Seriously, how am I going to go back to Illinois after scenery like this? <br><br>Anyway, we started off our visit by taking a funicular ride up to the fortress, which ...

... sausages again from the stall that we went to yesterday. Ian had a local speciality called bosna with curry spices on it and I had the same as yesterday. We walked around as it was a couple of hours till the bar opened and until kick off and Ian wanted to find some gardens but they where no where to be seen so we went and sat outide the irish bar waiting for it to open like some alchoholics!<br><br>When the guy opened the bar we ...

... of Austria, seems like a very interesting place, and we were both a little disappointed in hindsight that we were not able to stay there for a few days. The name of the place literally means "Salt Town", and was a very wealthy part of the world at one stage, as they mined salt there and before refrigeration, salt was more valuable than money, hence where the word 'salary' comes from.<br><br>Anywho, there are some really cool tours to do, you can go visit the underground salt mines ...

... come out into the room that he used for conferences which has quite a stunning Italian marble fireplace which was a gift from Musolini. They were good friends &#8211; no surprises there. The fireplace has chips taken out of it which is a result of the Allies taking souvenir pieces of marble. This room is now part of the restaurant, as is the room next door where Eva used to entertain the female guests while Hitler and the men spoke in the other room. <br><br>That&#8217;s ...

... was up to go in. After the touring the castle, we took a horse drawn carriage back down to the parking lot, and uploaded the GPS and headed to Reutte, Austria to stay at Hotel Das Beck. It was beautiful overlooking the Alps out back. We stayed one night and then our adventure started to Salzburg, Austria, which should of taken us about 3 hours but the GPS could not find our hotel because it was in a pedistrian zone and ...

... and southern Europe. Today, it is a kitschy tourist destination that prides itself on Christmas ornaments, handmade crafts and Schneeballen (we had to indulge on the crostali-like dessert balls, as it seemed like the thing to do). We tipped out and started along the Romantic Road. Paul took the wheel, and pushed the 6-speed roadster to new heights. The Romantic Road was confusing, and led us through small-town south-west Germany. We took the road down to Fussen ...

From Innsbruck we moved on to Salzburg as Vienna was just too far for us at this late date in our trip. We have about 3 weeks left to our holiday and so many places to see yet. Austria's landscape is so similar to western Canada that we thought we would just get a quick taste of the sites, culture and flavours before moving on. Besides it was POURING rain in ...

August 26-Monday<br>We left Kitzbuhel at 8:30. There was a brief stop in Berchtesgarden, in Germany, at 10:00. Up on the side of the mountain, we could see Hitler's Eagle&#8217;s Nest. It was rather chilling to see that part of history. The bunker is now a restaurant. Our rest stop overlooked a valley filled with wonderful homes. What a view! Back on the bus and on to Salzburg. Time 10:35.

... A video camera sure would have come in handy here.)<br><br>Finally! Salzburg! Mozart, the Sound of Music, the Mirabel Gardens! Where to start? <br><br>Well first, how about some lunch? We had lunch in St. Peter&#8217;s Cathedral. The room where we ate was one of the most elaborate rooms I have ever been in&#8230;the mural on the ceiling (wow!), the enameled mural on the piano (wow! wow!)&#8230 ...